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The Federal Republic of Germany, as a federal state, consists of sixteen states. [a] Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen (with its seaport exclave, Bremerhaven) are called Stadtstaaten ("city-states"), while the other thirteen states are called Flächenländer ("area states") and include Bavaria, Saxony, and Thuringia, which describe themselves as Freistaaten ("free states").
A Regierungsbezirk (German pronunciation: [ʁeˈɡiːʁʊŋsbəˌtsɪʁk] ⓘ) means "governmental district" and is a type of administrative division in Germany. Currently, four of sixteen Bundesländer (states of Germany) are split into Regierungsbezirke. Beneath these are rural and urban districts
The federal government spent €2 trillion to reunify [29] and privatise 8,500 state-owned east German enterprises. [31] Almost all East German industries were considered outdated while reunifying. [31] Since 1990, amounts between €100 billion and €140 billion have been transferred to the new states annually. [31]
The German Empire consisted of 25 constituent states and an imperial territory, the largest of which was Prussia.These states, or Staaten (or Bundesstaaten, i.e. federated states, a name derived from the previous North German Confederation; they became known as Länder during the Weimar Republic) each had votes in the Bundesrat, which gave them representation at a federal level.
Länder (singular Land) or Bundesländer (singular Bundesland) is the name for (federal) states in two German-speaking countries. It may more specifically refer to: States of Austria, the nine federal subdivisions of Austria; States of Germany, the 16 federal subdivisions of Germany
The sixteen constituent states of Germany are divided into a total of 401 administrative Kreis or Landkreis; these consist of 294 rural districts [1] (German: Landkreise or Kreise – the latter in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein only), and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte or, in Baden-Württemberg only, Stadtkreise – cities that constitute districts in ...
Elections in Germany include elections to the Bundestag (Germany's federal parliament), the Landtags of the various states, and local elections.. Several articles in several parts of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany govern elections and establish constitutional requirements such as the secret ballot, and the requirement that all elections be conducted in a free and fair manner.
The German Unity Flag is a national symbol of German Reunification that was raised on 3 October 1990. It waves in front of the Bundestag in Berlin (seat of the German parliament). Culture of Germany. Architecture of Germany. Altstadt; World Heritage Sites in Germany; Cuisine of Germany. Beer in Germany; Cultural icons of Germany; Festivals in ...